Risqué was an all-female
Dutch dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance musi ...
group from the early 1980s. The members were Dutch women Yvonne van Spluteren (later replaced by Denise van der Hek), Ingrid de Goede, and Irene van der Hoeven, and the British Donna Baron.
Biography
The four women started out as dancers for the "Maria Moore Dancers" company. They often performed back up dancing for the famous Dutch show
TopPop
''TopPop'' was a Dutch television programme. It was the first regular dedicated pop music television series in the Dutch language area. The Netherlands broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly from 22 September 1970 to 27 June 1988. Presenter ...
.
After they danced for the video accompanying the song
Funky Town by
Lipps Inc. they were asked to form the girl-group
Doris D & The Pins with lead-singer
Debbie Jenner.
After several hit songs, including ''Shine up'' and ''Dance on'' the record company was pushing for Debbie Jenner to be a more prominent lead singer, while the four "Pins" were given less and less prominence. The "Pins" complained, which triggered the record company to fire them, and they were replaced by four British back up singers/dancers. This led to a lawsuit, which allowed lead singer Debbie Jenner to keep using the name Doris D & The Pins. The four women then formed their own group, named Risqué.
They are popularly known for their
Cosmic Disco club hits ''The Girls are Back in Town'' and ''Starlight'' and ''Burn it up (Mr. D.J.)'' which reached number 20 in the Dutch hit parade.
The remixes of ''The Girls are Back in Town" and "Burn it up (Mr. D.J.)" even entered the dance-charts in the United States.
Member Yvonne van Splunteren decided to leave the group to start her own children's clothing store, and she was replaced by Denise van der Hek in 1983.
They released several more singles with the new line up, like ''Shadow of your heart'', ''
Jimmy Mack'' and ''Go for it!'', after which they split up in 1985.
Discography
Albums
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, align=left, ''Risqué - Special Extended Non-Stop Club Mix'', , 1984, , -, , , , , ,
Singles
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, align=left, ''The girls are back in town'', , 1982, , 06-03-1982, , 13, , 6, ,
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, align=left, ''Starlight'', , 1982, , 03-07-1982, , 35, , 3, ,
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, align=left, ''Thunder & lightning'', , 1982, , 11-09-1982, , tip5, , -, ,
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, align=left, ''Burn it up (Mr. DJ)'', , 1983, , 24-09-1983, , 20, , 5, ,
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, align=left, ''Shadow of your heart'', , 1984, , , , tip14, , -, ,
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, align=left, ''Jimmy Mack'', , 1984, , , , tip19, , -, ,
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, align=left, ''Go for it'', , 1984, , , , tip15, , -, ,
References
Dutch girl groups
Dutch disco groups
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